Improvement in pressed-fruit lifters



iutd gaat@ 'ENNIS A. RAYMOND, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

Letters Patent No. 112,959, dated-March 21, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN PREssED-FRUIT LIFTERs.

The Schedule referred to in these Iaetters Patent an@ making part-of the same.

` vprovernents-in a Pressed-Fruit Lifter; and do hereby declare that vthe following is afull, clear, 'and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked 'thereon making a part of this specification.

lhe nature of my invention consists in'the con struction of a lifter for'lifting pressed fruit out of the barrel or other vessel in which the same may be packed. v

In order vto enable others skilled 'in the art to which my invention appertains to make and 'use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to thel annexed drawing, which represents a side view of my lifter.

My invention is especially adapted for use by grocerymeuor others, and is intended for such `fruits as dried apples, dates, figs, or 'other fruits that are pressedin the boxes, cans, o'r barrels, and cannot be easily taken out by hand.

v.My lifter iscoustructed in the following manner: Take a halfiuch-iron rod about Iive feet in length; sharpen one end, a; then, beginning with this sharpened end, bend a necessary portionof the rod into Scrolls iu the form of a cone, which cone should be nine inches inl length, and about four inches in diameter at its base. The point a should turn downward, in line with the stern l1, to the handle; and the first two scrolls cl d from the point should be about two inches apart, and the distance apart of the other` scrolls e e should graduallyl increase to four inches. The scrolls should not exceed four in number.

The upper or blunt end b of the rod should be turned so as-to form a' handle, or be attached to a wooden handle, f.

This device has been found to be very convenient and effective in lifting pressed fruitout of -the barrel or other vessel in which it is packed.

Having thus fully described myinyention,

Wfhatw I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, the within-described pressed-fruit lifter, made of an iron rod bent so as to form the point a, scrolls (l d and e e, stem b, and handle j, or a separate handle attached to the stem, all-.substantially in the manuerherein set forth. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of January, 1871.

. ENNIS A. RAYMOND.'

Witnesses:

WARREN H. CURTISS,

E. SWANK. 

